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Is This a Sign of Microsoft’s Japanese Retreat?

After spending millions upon millions of dollars promoting the Xbox 360 in Japan, Microsoft still only sells about 2,000 or so consoles every week. Last sales week, the Xbox 360 was outsold by the PS2. The PS2! After all these years, it looks like Microsoft might finally be tossing in the towel and calling it…

By Brian Ashcraft Published September 7, 2011

Rise of Nightmares’ Tearful, Red-in-the-Face New Trailer

Rise of Nightmares will get your blood pumping, even if it is just from standing up and going through the motions of killing virtual enemies. I’m not sure anyone is going to get THIS excited about air-chainsawing creepies, but it is sorta fun. You can contact Brian Crecente, the author of this post, at [email protected].…

By Brian Crecente Published September 6, 2011

The Music of Gears of War 3 Will Be Commercialized

On September 20, the same day Epic and Microsoft unleashed Gears of War 3, Sumthing Else Music Works will release Steve Jablonsky’s epic score for the game on iTunes, Amazon, and SumthingDigital.com. Are your MP3 players prepared for war?

By Mike Fahey Published September 6, 2011

Halo Creative Director Leaving Halo 4 [Update]

Halo 4 is the first title in a new trilogy of Halo games. The previous three titles were developed by Bungie, but the next three are being made in-house by Microsoft’s own Halo studio. Halo 4 won’t be out until late 2012, and today, one of the game’s creative directors, Ryan Payton, is not only…

By Brian Ashcraft Published September 6, 2011

This Halo Helmet Looks Good Enough for the Movie They’ll Never Make

The way it’s looking there’ll never be a Halo movie. Ah well! So long as regular humans keep making killer props like this, we’re free to imagine our own. Which is always for the best, because then, they never end up sucking. This helmet was submitted to MAKE magazine by creator Tsabo Tsaboc over the…

By Luke Plunkett Published September 5, 2011

European Retailer Stops Selling Busted Old 360 Consoles

Two of Europe’s biggest games retailers, Game and Gamestation (the latter owned by the former), have stopped selling old models of the Xbox 360, according to a report on Eurogamer While Game told the site that this was simply due to a focus on new hardware, a more likely reason came from a contact at…

By Luke Plunkett Published September 5, 2011

We’re Betting that Slavery: The Game is an Elaborate Troll

My guess is that, 10 seconds after Microsoft and Sony are made aware that their corporate symbols are endorsing a fake slavery RTS, seen at the end of this fake trailer, this offensive piece of attention-whoring is going to be abolished from YouTube. That, or the alleged Kentuckians allegedly making this game are stupid enough…

By Owen Good Published September 3, 2011

The Best Gears of War Book You’ll Ever Read

In anticipation of the upcoming Gears of War 3, Microsoft and Epic contracted novelist and Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter author Tom Bissell to take a deeper look into the design and history of the Gears franchise. Titled “The Art and Design of Gears of War,” it covers most every aspect of the Gears…

By Kirk Hamilton Published September 1, 2011

The Gears of War Universe Explained In 1:17

If you’ve missed the first two games in the series, and don’t have time to catch up on large necks and dead wives and giant worms, this new trailer for Gears of War 3 gets you instantly up to speed on humanity’s war against the Locust. It’s short. So short, in fact, you get to…

By Luke Plunkett Published September 1, 2011

Child of Eden Sweetens the Kinect Sensor Bundle

In case you were still on the fence about dropping $150 on Microsoft’s magical camera stick, the company today announced that the bundle is getting updated to include a download code for a free copy of sensual shooter Child of Eden Not that Kinect Adventures wasn’t enough of a hardware mover, but one can only…

By Mike Fahey Published August 30, 2011

Halo‘s Master Chief Selling Toy Guns in Japan

Xbox might not be popular in Japan, but that’s not going to stop some unscrupulous toy maker from slapping a totally unofficial Halo‘s Master Chief on toy packaging. The fact that the Xbox 360 and Halo are not widely known in Japan could be the reason why this company thought this would be totally cool.…

By Brian Ashcraft Published August 30, 2011

Gears of War 3 Season Pass Available at Launch

Gears of War 3 comes out so soon we can almost see it. Yes on September 20 you’ll get back to chainsawing through Locusts and friends alike. But also available at launch will be the Gears of War 3 season pass. Priced at 2400 Microsoft points, the pass gives holders access to the first four…

By Max Abrams Published August 29, 2011

How Halo Action Figures Are Made

It’s 2011. You’ve seen how movies are made. You’ve seen how video games are made. But have you seen how video game toys are made? This clip shows how McFarlane, who have the main license to produce Halo action figures, has developed its line over the years. Beginning with the actual in-game models used by…

By Luke Plunkett Published August 29, 2011

Watch Two Sports Games At Once On Xbox Live With ESPN Overhaul

Xbox Live’s take on ESPN is getting an overhaul today that will allow viewers to see two sporting events at once, create personal channels and flip through a mini guide, among other things. Here’s a completely rundown of the updates hitting now, from Microsoft: My Sports – ESPN on Xbox LIVE now allows you to…

By Brian Crecente Published August 25, 2011

Why Aren’t There Porsches in Forza 4?

Because EA is evil, that’s why. Kidding! See, EA has the license for Porsche cars, thus, making them available only via a sub-licensing deal. The cars did appear in Forza 3, and featured RUFs, which are tuned, unmarked Porsches. But this time around, no dice. “In the end, however, EA couldn’t see their way towards…

By Brian Ashcraft Published August 25, 2011

Thirteen Easy Steps For Kicking Ass in Age of Empires Online

Age of Empires Online is a fantastically fun strategy game. I’ve been playing it off and on since before its release with my son who is entirely new to not only the series, but the genre. I figure he’s likely not the only inexperienced gamer drawn to this flashy, new (sorta free) real-time strategy game…

By Brian Crecente Published August 24, 2011

Kinect Star Wars Won’t Be Home for Christmas

What might have been the perfect Christmas gift for the Star Wars gamer will have to find another special occasion to be gifted on, as Microsoft confirms that Star Wars Kinect and the Star Wars themed Xbox 360 have been pushed back indefinitely. It started off bad and got a little better, but Star Wars…

By Mike Fahey Published August 24, 2011

Japan Gets a New Xbox 360 Bundle

Forget all that talk that Microsoft is leaving Japan! Because on September 28, Xbox Japan is launching a new Xbox 360 250GB bundle that includes Monster Hunter Frontier Online Priced at ¥29,800, which is the normal price for a 250GB Xbox 360 in Japan, the bundle comes with Monster Hunter Frontier Online codes that allow…

By Brian Ashcraft Published August 24, 2011

Coming Up This Weekend at PAX: Kinect Sports Baseball

This coming weekend, Stephen, Joel and I are going to be heading to Seattle for PAX—we’ll be fighting our way around the show floor, taking pictures of as much crazy stuff as possible, playing a whole lot of upcoming games, including… well, including baseball. Microsoft, Rare and Big Park will be debuting the baseball portion…

By Kirk Hamilton Published August 22, 2011

Kinect was Tested by Dropping It on Concrete

The Microsoft engineers building Kinect “knew this thing was going to be viewed as a toy,” says one, “and so it was going to be abused.” So they abused it first, toughening the thing up to the point it could be dropped on concrete and still function. Now, it’s not said how high of a…

By Owen Good Published August 21, 2011